Toronto’s gastronomic festival season operates on a predictable May-through-September calendar, with marquee events anchored to summer weekends when outdoor venues can accommodate the crowds and producer schedules align with harvest cycles. The timing isn’t arbitrary. Festival organizers cluster dates around long weekends and seasonal ingredient peaks, which means the most compelling experiences unfold between late spring’s first market bounty and early autumn’s final harvests.
I’ve attended enough of these gatherings to recognize the pattern. The calendar opens with May’s specialty showcases, …
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